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A

Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment:

56．Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who          .

A．insists grades should become optional in the near future

B．believes in the advantages of assessment based on grades

C．is concerned about improving students’ creativity

D．supports using students’ interests to measure their abilities

57．Magdalena Smith thinks it is important for         .

A. educators to assess the students by grades  B. educators to pay more attention to grades

C. students to compete for better grades  D. students to take part in music, drama, and sports

58．According to the letters, which of the following is true about Village High School? ______

A. Grades are effective in every way.           B. Grades hold back students’ creativity.

C. Grades bring about unnecessary competition.  D. Grades are still in use at present.

59．What are the two letters mainly about? ________

A. The role that grades should play in assessing students.

B. The importance of art and music in students’ life.

C. The need to have a standard measure for students’ success.

D. The reasons why grades shouldn’t be used to assess students.

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B

Every kid wishes to be an adult. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become “kidults”（kid+adult）.Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people across Asia.

Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.

Other kidults still enjoy children's stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a children’s book!

“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society,” said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at Hankuk University（韩国外国语大学）. He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. He may be right.

Tim Greenhalgh, a professor, explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They value childhood because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.

60. We can infer from the article that _________.

A. Kidults miss their childhood so much that they can’t give up their toys

B. Bloomsbury knows some kidults don’t want people to know that they are kidults

C. Kidults like to have vitamins very much

D. Some toys are so interesting that even adults like them very much

61. According to the author, being a kidult is good in some way except that _______.

A. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids

B. it can help kidults feel relaxed

C. it is helpful to solve some social problems

D. it can make people loyal to one’s parents

62. According to the writer, _______.

A. being a kidult is nothing wrong      B. kidults have mental problems

C. our society is very dull             D. some people can never grow up

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C

The interview is an important event in the job-hunting process, because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may determine whether or not you get the particular job you want. Therefore ,it is important to remember that your objective during the interview may differ from the objective of the potential employer. You want to make yourself stand out as a whole person who has personal strengths, is well qualified, and should be considered the right person for the job. It is encouraging to know that the interview’s task is not to embarrass you or to trip you up, but to hire the right person for the job.

Remember, job hunting is very competitive. Anything you can do to enhance your interview techniques will be to your advantage. The following suggestions may help you land the most important job.

Your goal in this interview is to make sure your good points get across. The interviewer won’t know them unless you point them out, so try to do this in a factual and sincere manner.

Do not make slighting references to former employers or professors. If you have been fired from a job and the interviewer asks about it, be frank in your answer.

Show the interviewer that you are interested in the company by asking relevant questions. Ask about responsibilities, working conditions, promotion opportunities and fringe（附加）benefits of the job you are interviewing for.

If at some point you decide the interview is not going well, do not let your discouragement show. You have nothing to lose by continuing a show of confidence, and you may have much to gain. It may be real, or it may be a test to see how you react to adverse conditions.

Some interviewers may bring up salary early in the interview. At this time, you may indicate that you are more interested in a job where you can prove yourself than a specific salary. This politely passes the question back to the interviewer. If possible, you should negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and when you are when you are ready to complete the paperwork.

63. To get the job you want, during the interview you should_________

A. avoid the interviewer’s questions that are designed to trip you up.

B. remember that you are the best qualified candidate.

C. make yourself stand out as the right person for the job.

D. keep in mind that it determines whether or not you get the particular job you want.

64. If you did not get along with your former employer, you_______

A. should tell the interviewer frankly.   　　   B. should not speak ill of him.

C. should refer to him in a factual manner.　    D. should never mention it.

65. The best time to discuss your salary is _________.

A. keep up your confidence .          　　B. at the end of the interview.

C. after you have completed the paperwork.  D. when the interviewer brings this matter up.

66. The most important thing to do during an interview is _________.

A. to make your strengths understood.

B. to show your intense interest in the job you are applying for.

C. to be frank and sincere.

D. to be natural and confident.

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D

Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum（论坛）asking what “PK” meant. My family has been watching the ‘Super Girl’ singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what 'PK' meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father.

To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, “PK” is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.

In the case of the “Super Girl” singing competition, “PK” was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking.

Like this father, Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students’ compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didn’t understand.

“My ‘GG’ came back this summer from college. He told me I’ve grown up to be a ‘PLMM’. I loved to ‘FB’ with him together; he always took me to the ‘KPM’,” went one composition.

“GG” means Ge Ge（Chinese pinyin for brother）. “PLMM” refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei（beautiful girl）. “FB” means Fu Bai（corruption）. “KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.

Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language.

If you do not even know what a Kong Long（dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female）or a Qing Wa（frog, referring to an ugly looking male）is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao

67. By writing the article, the writer tries to ________ .

A. explain some Internet language               B. suggest common Internet language

C. laugh at the Beijing father                             D. draw our attention to Internet language

68. What does the writer think about the term “PK”? _________

A. Fathers can’t possibly know it.              B. The daughter should understand it.

C. Online game players may know it.                 D. “Super Girl” shouldn’t have used it.

69. The examples of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons ________.

A. are used not only online                    B. can be understood very well

C. are welcomed by all the people            D. cause trouble to our mother tongue

70. The underlined word “jargons” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 行话                  B. 粗口                 C. 歌词                    D. 趋势

71. What would be the best title for the passage?  ______________

A. A puzzled father                                    B. Do you speak Internet-ish?

C. Keep away from Internet-ish                        D. Kong Long or Qing Wa?